C-Section Lowers Herpes Risk for Newborns

In a new study, researchers found that the longtime practice of performing a cesarean section in women who have active herpes infections does indeed reduce the risk that their newborns will be infected with the virus. The study also found that women who had been infected with herpes relatively recently were more likely to pass on the virus to their babies than women who had been infected for a longer time.

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